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Walking along the Missouri River Trail, Jim Schaap asks what those hulking piles of poles are for.

That no one ever thought if the maintenance wasnt done on the buildings they wouldnt fall down like that but im sure well never think that again. >> listen, we dont know, right? we dont know. i think the main thing we dont know is, you know, we have the inspection and whatever people can say, looks like the medal was rusting and the concrete, you know, was damaged and all of that. but we dont know whats going on beneath the surface there if there is -- what kind of emotion there could be. you ha...

16 years now? >> 16 years in may. >> you were down there when you got the april letter from the condo board talking about the damage to the building accelerating and explaining there was going to be a $15 million assessment. was it clear to you between the letter and what you seen firsthand that the building was in bad shape? what did you think? >> yeah, i really thought the building was in bad shape. new years eve of 2018 it was brought to my attention by somebody that said it was a contractor ...

$15 million assessment. was it clear to you between the letter and what you had seen firsthand that the building was in bad shape? what did you think? >> yeah, i really thought the building was in bad shape. i mean, it was new years eve of 2018 it was brought to my -- it was like attention by somebody that said he was a contractor. he showed me structural cracks on my side of the building. he blamed it on the building next door when they were putting pilings in. he showed me there was cracks on ...

They will look at what the condition of the pilings were in because those pilings are the legs that hold the building up and if those legs are weakened for any reason, that presents a gigantic problem and as we could see something gave way from the bottom and i think thats going to be one of the first places theyre going to look. >> there was construction next door that had recently been completed. any concerns about that? >> yeah, you know, ive got concerns about everything. i mean, but you kno...

Investigated or confirmed or anything but because of the pilings next door he believes that it undermined the structural integrity of that building? >> well, at that time on december 31st, 2018, that was his spin on it and when we were there for the week and a half for the holiday weekend, every time these guys would pound, we had shaking because i was right next to it because my unit is in the nine line where they were putting up the building next door behind the pool. but when we got there on ...

Janette aguero may have cheated death two apartments away. >> we walked out, and the apartment is-- the 04 line is sheered in half, and its, like, just gone. >> reporter: gone, but why? one night earlier, pablo rodriguezs mother heard something. >> she just had told me that she had woken up around 3:00, 4:00 in the morning and had heard some creaking noises. >> reporter: forensic inspectors now in the rubble wonder if something failed underneath the building. to support its weight, the towers bu...

No word how many could be trapped and what caused the collapse. here is what the mayor said a short time ago. >> they were doing roof work on the building at the time. certainly that doesnt seem like it would be the issue that would have caused it. some of the residents at the community center have complained to me the new building that went up to the south used to shake the building when they were putting the pilings in. we need to look hard at what happened there and find out because buildings...

Once the quarter ends report card talk to the other parents. wait a second did the quarter end? go online to the portal now. its easy just to say things are going along at a teachers conference, things are going well. if you have to pass a test and that is on it. i go backo ian prior who worked for the trump administration who kind of led this charge when he got alerted that his kids would be indoctrinated he says there is a certain time and place to evaluate how things happen. there is a time a...

Why French-inspired Akaroa is one New Zealands most unique places 20 Feb, 2021 09:00 PM 8 minutes to read Aerial view of waterfront of Akaroa, New Zealand. Photo / 123rf NZ Herald Down at the wharf on Akaroa Harbour, the waves are lapping lazily against the pilings. The harbour is milky today, silt from the Rakaia and the Rangitata rivers hanging in the water, having finished its long journey from the Southern Alps and across the Canterbury Plains. It turns the water a powdery blue from a dista...